Kenya’s Solar Panda Secures $8m Series A Funding to Expand its Product Offering
Pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar household systems are designed, produced, and sold by the Kenyan and Canadian business Solar Panda, which has…
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Content Monetization Platform, ConsCent Completes $1.75 Million in a Funding Round
According to the startup, a funding round headed by Inflection Point Ventures netted $1.75 million for the content monetization platform…
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Huawei Launches its $6 Million Cloud Spark Programme to Support South African SMEs in the Next 3 Years
Over the next three years, Huawei South Africa promises that its $5.8 million Cloud Spark programme will empower more than…
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Med-Direct Africa Announces e-Pharmacy to Promote Last-mile Drug Delivery
A retail pharmacy in Nigeria called Med-Direct Africa has introduced its e-Pharmacy services in an effort to lower the cost…
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South African Venture Capital Firm, Futuregrowth Launches a Growth Development Fund
A South African venture capital firm called Futuregrowth has announced intentions to launch the Futuregrowth High Growth Development Equity Fund…
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Twitter to Release Unmention Feature for Users
The Unmention tool, which Twitter has launched, will give users more control over their mentions on the social networking platform….
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Nigeria’s CreditCheck Completes $240,000 in Pre-seed Round
A pre-seed funding round for CreditChek, a Nigerian lender, raised $240,000 under the leadership of Atom Capital, with contributions from…
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Endeavor Secures $292M to Invest in Endeavor Entrepreneurs Worldwide
Endeavor has closed Endeavor Catalyst Fund IV, a $292 million venture capital fund, and it still intends to invest in…
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Wingcopter Secures $42M to Deploy More Than 12,000 Drones in Africa
In order to extend its drone delivery services abroad and increase manufacturing of the Wingcopter 198, the most effective eVTOL…
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Ghana’s SolarTaxi Gets Funding From Persistent to Boost Offering
Persistent has provided cash to the Ghanaian e-mobility business SolarTaxi in order to expand its product line. SolarTaxi is an…
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Money Transfer Firm Wave Acquires €90 Million From IFC to Promote Financial Inclusion in Senegal & Cote d’Ivoire
Wave Mobile Money, which operates in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire to cut costs and increase services in the area, has…
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Hyperclear Buys South African Data Analytics and Software Platform Principa
For an unknown sum, South African data analytics, consulting, and software platform Principa is being purchased by Mauritius-based technology investment…
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US PR Firm Unveils 3rd Edition of Mentorship Programme for African Female Founders
The third edition of The Future is Female Programme, a PR and communications mentorship program devoted to the business development…
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Twitter to sue Elon Musk After Pulling out of his $44 Billion Deal
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the richest man in the world, announced on Friday that he was canceling…
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Response Architects partners with Alibaba under Exclusive Agreement to Launch Livestream Shopping across Africa.
LAGOS, 11 July 2022 — Response Architects, operators of ShopEX, has teamed up with Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and…
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Ghana is set to Test its Digital Currency, the eCedi
The race to roll out e-cash on the continent has heated up with Ghana becoming the latest African nation to…
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Tunisia’s Fintech Startup Paymee Secures Six-figure Round to Scale
Paymee, a fintech firm that provides an online payment gateway, has completed a six-figure fundraising round with P1 Ventures as…
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Meet the 10 Finalists for the Afri-Plastics Challenge
The second Afri-Plastics Challenge, which promotes eco-friendly ways to lessen our reliance on plastic trash, has announced its ten finalists….
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Nigerian Auto-Tech Startup Autochek Buys CoinAfrique to Promote Francophone African Expansion
To expand the reach of its auto-financing services in Francophone Africa, Nigeria-based auto-tech business Autochek has announced the acquisition of…
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Kenya Power to Roll out its Fixed Internet Services Come June 2023
Kenya Power, a government-owned provider of energy, announced in March that it would begin offering fixed internet. As of the…
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Lessons from the Eskimi CMO Masterclass in Nigeria on Driving Marketing in the Digital Era
Every screen is going digital! This was demonstrated at the Eskimi CMO Masterclass on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in Lagos…
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Binance is celebrating its fifth anniversary by offering no bitcoin trading fees.
Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, is commemorating its fifth anniversary by waiving trading fees across…
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Prospect and Challenges of Educational Technology in Africa
Over the past few years, African countries have made great progress in improving traditional education outcomes. Today, the report has…
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Apple Launches Lockdown Mode To Prevent Spyware Attacks On Users In Danger
Apple has unveiled a new security mechanism designed to protect high-risk customers from cyberattacks such as malware. Lockdown Mode will…
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Flocash, a fintech platform, and Visa have partnered to promote digital capabilities for African SMEs.
Visa, the global leader in digital payments, is collaborating with Flocash FT, a fintech platform, to promote digital capabilities for…
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Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) Partners with the Development Bank of Nigeria to Train Nigerian Women in Entrepreneurship
Grand Africa Initiative-GAIN and the Development Bank of Nigeria Plc (DBN) have announced a collaboration to train two hundred young…
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Eko Innovation Centre, Eko Carbon, and Commodity Launch Ekoclimathon 1.0 in Conjunction with Generation Unlimited 9ja
On Friday, July 8th, 2022, Eko Innovation Center, Eko Carbon, and Commodity will be collaborating with Generation Unlimited 9Ja to…
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Hrvst by Aiponics is a digital marketplace for high-quality farm produce.
Aiponics, a Zambian Agritech startup, has announced the launch of Hrvst, a digital marketplace to provide customers and restaurants with…
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AFEX, a Nigerian company, has expanded its operations to Kenya.
Following a successful pilot phase, AFEX, Nigeria’s commodities exchange and commodities market platform, has announced its expansion into Kenya. AFEX…
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Nigeria’s Xend Finance surpasses 100,000 users and expands into Ghana and Kenya.
Xend Finance, a Nigerian startup, has reached 100,000 users and announced expansions into Ghana and Kenya. Xend Finance, which participated…
